Listening to Dan Carlin's - The Celtic Holocaust podcast and it reminds me of Somalia

[Descendent-Of-Fiqi]

When he invaded Gaul Julius Ceaser used the tribal diversity to he's advantage and set one tribe against the other, one Gaulic tribe would ask for help in killing and subjugating another tribe that shares the same language, culture and Pagan faith. He even had Gualic advisers who knew the territory well and informed him on the location of certain nomadic tribes, so he could strike them at their most vulnerable (crossing a river, when they were sleeping). While he set the tribes against each other he would conquer each tribe in the region, one at a time.

Over the course of 3-5 years he conquered the entirety of Gaul (Modern day France and Northern Spain) and the Gaulic peoples and culture was shattered. Their were some minor uprisings but they were all put down with the leadership being killed and the people forced into slavery.

The Somali people can learn from the demise of the Gauls, those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

 

[Merchant of Mogadishu]

When he invaded Gaul Julius Ceaser used the tribal diversity to he's advantage and set one tribe against the other, one Gaulic tribe would ask for help in killing and subjugating another tribe that shares the same language, culture and Pagan faith. He even had Gualic advisers who knew the territory well and informed him on the location of certain nomadic tribes, so he could strike them at their most vulnerable (crossing a river, when they were sleeping). While he set the tribes against each other he would conquer each tribe in the region, one at a time.

Over the course of 3-5 years he conquered the entirety of Gaul (Modern day France and Northern Spain) and the Gaulic peoples and culture was shattered. Their were some minor uprisings but they were all put down with the leadership being killed and the people forced into slavery.

The Somali people can learn from the demise of the Gauls, those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

Very much true, even Vercingetorix who finally united the Gauls couldn't save his people for it was far too late. Same thing happened in the majority of Roman conquests.

Divide and conquer, unite and rule, a lesson for all peoples and for all ages.

 

[World]

The nomadic Huns who traveled from Central Asia were the deciding factor in the destruction of the Roman Empire.

Oh plus the Gauls were sedentary and not nomadic.

 

[Merchant of Mogadishu]

The nomadic Huns who traveled from Central Asia were the deciding factor in the destruction of the Roman Empire.

They were definitely a great factor in the demise of Imperial Rome, as their migration caused other tribes such as the Goths, Vandals, Franks, Burgundians, and many others to try and settle in the Roman Empire which in turn caused havoc, however, you mustn't forget that other factors such as the dwindling economy, very poor and corrupt leadership, good leaders getting assassinated, civil wars and division of the Empire, weakening of Roman defences and legions, may have been greater factors. Germanic tribes have always invaded the Roman Empire no matter what century, so if a strong long lasting leader who unified the Empire and revamped the military and economy, he may have been able to mitigate the effects of Hunnic migration. The full blow of Hunnic migration started in the 5th Century, coincidently there were no good Emperors during that time, all were corrupt or were just puppets led by the corrupt. Also the final splitting of the Empire in 395 AD was terrible for the West as the East was more wealthy and defensible. They did not seek to help the West, which also led to its collapse.